Biomedical Laboratory Technical Service

Added: Dec 12, 2017 2:04 pm This is a Request for Information (RFI)/Sources Sought for planning purposes only, as defined in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 15.201(e). This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract.

The Government will NOT pay for information and materials received in response to this RFI and is no way obligated by the information received. This notice is for market research purposes only, to obtain information regarding (1) the availability and capability of all qualified performer sources, (2) for service disabled veteran-owned small businesses, (3) their size classification relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for the proposed acquisition. The applicable NAICS Code is 541711 with a size standard 1,000.

Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method for Biomedical Laboratory Technical Services. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website. It is the responsibility of the potential offerors to monitor this website for additional information pertaining to this requirement.

Interested parties must provide detailed capability statements with supporting past performance documentation demonstrating a capacity to fulfill the following requirements:
Biomedical Laboratory Technical Services at Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC), Honolulu, HI. Requirements include: Knowledge and experience in performing basic laboratory procedures to include preparing chemical reagents, processing biological samples and specimens, data recording, experiment record keeping. Knowledge and experience in developing and conducting complex biomedical research in the areas of physiology, pharmacology, microbiology, or biochemistry. Provide input in the execution of in vivo and in vitro experiments to fulfill requirements of study requirements of Command approved and executed at the Tripler Army Medical Center for investigative studies on a variety of projects supported by the Department of Clinical Investigation. The contractor shall provide data as specified in study protocols that may require testing of devices or executing biomedical assays to include ELISAs, spectrophotometric assays, Western blots, Southern blots, PCR, HPLC, RNA/DNA extractions, radioimmunoassay, receptor quantitation with receptor binding assessments and/or quantification of mRNA with RT-PCR.

Submission Instructions: Responses shall be submitted and received via Email to lee.a.hess.civ@mail.mil no later than 11:59PM ET 22 Dec 2017. Documents shall be no more than 15 pages total, electronic in Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, and/or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) and provided as attachments to the Email. No telephonic responses to this RFI/sources sought will be considered.

All information received in response to this RFI/sources sought that is marked proprietary will be handled accordingly. Responses to the RFI/sources sought will not be returned. Responses to this RFI/sources sought are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI/sources sought. Please be advised that Government support contractors will have access to any and all information submitted under this requirement.
Please provide information on your organization (not counted towards page limitations shown above):
1. Company Name, Address and Single Point of Contact with Name, Title, Telephone Number and Email Address.
2. DUNS Number and CAGE Code. Confirmation of Current Active Registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) or SAM registration information may be found at the website: https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM.
3. Primary NAICS Code(s) and Business Size (i.e., small/large)
Primary Point of Contact: Lee A. Hess, Contracting Officer, lee.a.hess.civ@mail.mil, phone 301-619-8532